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That Night was the Breaking Point of My Life  prepared like


                      Every meal


                        should be







                   a work of art.





































           family was very poor. When        This was actually Eggplant         River. Now, local people have
           we came to Istanbul from          Kebab (Patlıcan Kebabı), it is     started to sell the eggplant
           Şanlıurfa, my mother sent me      also called "Balcan Kebabı"        they produce for its value.
           and my brothers to a bakery       in local accent in Şanlıurfa. I    In fact, there has now been
           to work as an apprentice so       use the past tense because,        an excessive demand for
           that we could earn enough         thanks to the efforts of me        local eggplant in the market
           money to feed ourselves. I        and my tradesmen friends,          and producers have become
           was only 6-7 years old. That's    this taste has now started to      unable to meet the demand.
           when I ate the first lahmacun     be introduced to the world.        As I mentioned, we are
           in my life, and it was wrapped    The most beautiful eggplants       interested in introducing
           into a bread. I can't forget the   in the world grow in Birecik,     local dishes that are hidden
           feeling that moment gave me       a district of Şanlıurfa. Kebab     in every corner of Anatolia,
           for the rest of my life.          and eggplant have a very           not only regionally but
                                             nice flavor combination            also globally. We have
           Is there a dish that is one       together. Before I started         tremendous tastes and
           of the important dishes           promoting "Eggplant Kebab",        values. We have tremendous
           of Turkish cuisine, but           locals were dumping the            tastes and values. And these
           you think it is not known         excess eggplants they did          values are not known to

     68    enough?                           not eat into the Euphrates         the world; It's because we
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